Canada vs Russia

Canada vs Russia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 129 million TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 46 million TIV, or 1.55 times that in Canada.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Canada vs Russia: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 129 million TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 46 million TIV, or 1.55 times that in Canada.
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What the numbers say

  • Russia has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Canada.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 49 and Russia ranked 42 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearCanadaRussiaWorld
202583 million129 million33.3 billion
2024198 million315 million30.6 billion
202373 million95 million29.5 billion
2022214 million39 million33 billion
2021357 million6 million26.8 billion
2020248 million1 million23.4 billion
2019187 million5 million26.9 billion
2018185 million62 million27.3 billion
2017354 million94 million31.2 billion
2016246 million127 million31.4 billion
2015408 million113 million28.7 billion
2014316 million207 million27 billion
2013202 million185 million27.4 billion
2012207 million121 million27.9 billion
2011356 million10 million29.9 billion
2010242 million25 million25.8 billion
2009104 million8 million24 billion
2008423 million–24.1 billion
2007478 million90 million26.5 billion
200697 million–24.4 billion
2005106 million–21.3 billion
2004341 million–21.3 billion
2003140 million–19.2 billion
2002418 million–17.7 billion
2001520 million2 million18.3 billion
2000529 million1.15 billion20.5 billion
1999143 million368 million25.3 billion
1998111 million–27.9 billion
1997353 million–28.9 billion
1996419 million–23.7 billion
1995405 million–22.9 billion
1994473 million–22.8 billion
1993196 million–25.8 billion
1992407 million40 million24.3 billion
1991767 million–27.8 billion
1990157 million–28.6 billion
198937 million–31.7 billion
1988712 million–32.9 billion
1987787 million–36.2 billion
1986849 million–35.5 billion
1985848 million–33.2 billion
1984654 million–36.8 billion
1983649 million–39.1 billion
1982277 million–41.4 billion
1981453 million–42 billion
1980442 million–37.4 billion
1979193 million–33.3 billion
1978130 million–39.2 billion
197790 million–37 billion
197653 million–33 billion
1975195 million–34.2 billion
1974229 million–32.9 billion
197378 million–32.6 billion
1972376 million–28.7 billion
1971457 million–29.3 billion
1970623 million–22.1 billion
1969516 million–24.7 billion
1968336 million–22.4 billion
1967237 million–22.1 billion
1966306 million–22.4 billion
1965563 million–23.1 billion
1964742 million–24.2 billion
19631.01 billion–18.1 billion
19621.22 billion–15.5 billion
19611.58 billion–15 billion
1960171 million–15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
  • Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
  • Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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